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    Claire Danes Calls Herself Masochist for Reading Bad 'Homeland' Reviews While in Labor

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    When sharing her experience in giving birth to her first child, the actress playing Carrie Mathison in the series recalls going into labor during a shopping spree with her husband, Hugh Dancy.
    Aug 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Claire Danes put herself through torment as she was giving birth to her first child in 2012 by reading bad reviews about the finale of the second season of “Homeland”.
    The actress reveals she went into labour early during a shopping spree with her husband, Hugh Dancy, and while she was struggling with the birth she decided to check out what the critics were saying about her hit show.
    “The birth of Cyrus was planned and happened to be the (same day as the) airing of the finale of the second season,” she says during a virtual 92Y in Conversation event. “Hugh and I were at Bed, Bath and Beyond (store) getting the last few things that we needed, and it all happened much faster than it was supposed to. It wasn’t supposed to happen until the next morning.”
    “I was in increasing agony, awake, and I should’ve been asleep and it occurred to me that the finale had aired. I’m on my phone wondering what people thought about it, looking for feedback which is the worst thing you can do because inevitably someone will say something bad. It was the definition of masochism. I am in labour and reading bad reviews!”.
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    And she admits young Cyrus’ life has been all about Homeland, which finished its run earlier this year, adding, “My son went to his first school ever, kindergarten, in Germany. When he was throwing tantrums at three years old and he was literally saying, ‘Nein, nein, nein!’ He spent almost a full year in school in Morocco. He’s such an international little dude now.”
    “All of those influences have shaped him in very real ways. It’s been very informative for us and our offspring. I mean my son was inside me kicking when we were filming. Lesli (Linka Glatter) was holding him while she was directing for four months. On the final season he was on her lap literally calling, ‘Action’ and ‘Cut.’ It was kind of amazing.”

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      Claire Danes: I Didn't Want the Level of Fame 'Titanic' Brought Leonardo DiCaprio

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      During a sit down with Dax Shepard on his ‘Armchair Expert’ podcast, the ‘Homeland’ star claims to having ‘zero regret’ in turning down the female lead role for the Oscar-winning blockbuster.
      Jan 29, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Claire Danes has “zero” regrets about turning down “Titanic”, insisting she had no interest in the level of fame the film brought Leonardo DiCaprio.
      The “Homeland” actress reveals she bowed out of consideration for the Oscar-winning blockbuster, letting the lead role ultimately go to Kate Winslet back in 1996, largely because the part felt all too familiar. The actress had just wrapped Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet” with DiCaprio, and was looking for a different type of venture.
      “I had just made this romantic epic with Leo in Mexico City, which is where they were going to shoot ‘Titanic’!” she said during a sit down with Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. “And I just didn’t have it in me!”
      The 40-year-old recalls DiCaprio himself wrestling with the decision to take on the James Cameron epic, recounting a conversation they had outside their mutual manager’s office.
      “And he just looked up at me and said, ‘I’m doing it! I’m doing it!’ ” she said. “And I could see he wasn’t sure. But he was like, ‘F**k it, I gotta do this thing.’ ”
      Danes added that she could not see herself grappling with the global attention the actor received following the film’s release.
      “And I looked down at him, and I was like, ‘I totally understand why you’re doing that. And I’m not ready for that.’ And I think I really wasn’t ready for it. And I remember after that movie came out… and he just went into another stratosphere.”
      She noted she has “zero regret” after noticing a swift change in how people treat her former co-star.
      “I think I may have sensed that I was courting that (level of fame) or I was proximate to that… and I just couldn’t do it. I didn’t want it. I was just really clear about it. I wasn’t conflicted,” she insisted.

      As for whether or not anything romantic happened between the pair while they were filming the classic Shakespearean love story, she believes off-screen love was not written in the stars for them.

      “That was just never going to happen,” she explained, while admitting there was a “crushy” vibe between the two. “I didn’t know how to go about that… we’re really different people.”

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